Barcode scanners, rugged tablets, radios, laptops, and other handheld powered devices used in industrial environments.
Industrial Smart Storage & Dispensing
Every part, tool and device — issued, verified, and accounted for.
The Rife Industrial Smart Storage line puts sensor-verified control on your shop floor: consumables dispensed at point of use, shared devices issued at shift start, and high-value tools tracked to the individual. One cloud platform. Three cabinet families. Accuracy you choose per compartment.
Sensor-verified control
Track • Dispense • Account
Real-Time Visibility
Every transaction logged instantly
Per-Compartment Sensing
Accuracy you choose per item
One Cloud Platform
Unified dashboard across all units
Industrial Grade
Built for shop floor environments
The daily losses nobody logs
Walk any plant and you'll find the same silent leaks
Stores that don't know what they hold, tools that never come back, and devices that die mid-shift. These aren't dramatic failures — they're daily losses that never make it into a report.
Stock walks away
Open shelves and key cabinets offer zero accountability. Consumables are over-drawn "to be safe," high-value items disappear, and nobody can say who took what.
Production waits for stores
A worker who needs a part, a glove, or a replacement scanner queues at a storeroom window — or wanders the plant looking for one. Minutes lost per person, per day, across every shift.
Shared devices start shifts flat
Handheld scanners and tablets are handed over informally between shifts: half-charged, unaccounted for, and impossible to trace when one goes missing.
Tool control is a paper register
Calibrated and high-value tools are signed out in a book that's incomplete by lunchtime. Calibration due-dates slip, and a missing tool is discovered only when the next person needs it.
Inventory counts are guesswork
Physical stocktakes consume days, disagree with the system, and are outdated the moment they finish. Reordering runs on gut feel — so you carry too much of some items and run out of others.
Three families. One platform.
Choose the family that fits what you're storing
Every Rife industrial unit shares the same core: badge or PIN authentication, per-compartment sensing, and one cloud dashboard. Choose the family that fits what you're storing — and the sensing accuracy that fits what it's worth.
Family 1
Device Lifecycle Lockers
For shared powered devices: barcode scanners, rugged tablets, radios, laptops. Every compartment charges the device and connects it to your wired network. Workers collect a charged unit at shift start and return it at shift end; overnight, the fleet charges, syncs data, and receives software updates automatically. Optional in-compartment presence sensing confirms every pickup and return.
Sold for: warehouses, plants, logistics hubs, multi-shift operations.
Family 2
Access-Verified Compartment Lockers
For controlled issue of parts, PPE and consumables. The user badges in, the system directs them to the right compartment, and the in-compartment sensor verifies stock actually moved — confirming the right compartment was accessed before the transaction is logged. Per-user, per-shift, and per-cost-centre limits are set in software.
Sold for: PPE issue points, kitting stations, spare-parts control, night-shift stores access.
Family 3
Smart Inventory Cabinets (Single-Door)
For live inventory of stocked items behind one authenticated door. Each shelf position is sensed — and you choose the accuracy grade per position. Weight-sensed positions for exact real-time counts; IR-sensed positions with operator entry for economical control; automatic low-stock alerts and reorder triggers on every position.
Sold for: consumable stores, cutting tools, maintenance spares, chemical and adhesive control.
Line extension note: High-Value Tool Drawers — per-slot sensed foam inserts for calibrated and safety-critical tools, giving exact tool-by-tool accountability. Available as a project configuration.
Pay for accuracy only where it pays you back
Match the technology to the value of what's inside
Rife units let you match the technology to the value of what's inside — compartment by compartment. One cabinet can carry several tiers at once: exact counting on the shelf that matters, economical sensing everywhere else.
Tier
Technology
What it tells you
Best for
1
Software-logged access
Who opened which door, when
Low-value bulk items
2
IR presence / access verification
The right compartment was used; stock state changed
PPE, consumables, parts issue
3
Stack / level sensing
Approximate fill level, refill alerts
Uniform stackable stock
4
Weight sensing
Exact count, item by item, in real time
Valuable uniform parts
5
Per-slot sensing
Exact presence of every individual tool, slot by slot
Calibrated & safety-critical tools
Challenge → Workflow → Impact
Industrial use cases, solved
W1
Shift-Start Device Dispensing
The Challenge: Handheld scanners, tablets and radios are shared across shifts through informal handovers. Devices start shifts half-charged, and when one goes missing, the last known holder is a guess.
The Workflow: At shift start, each worker badges in and the locker issues a fully charged device, mapped to that worker for the shift. At shift end, devices return to any open compartment, where they charge and sync overnight.
The Impact: Every shift starts with a charged, updated device in every hand. Device loss drops because accountability is personal and automatic.
W2
Mid-Shift Breakdown Swap
The Challenge: When a picker's scanner dies mid-shift, they stop working and go looking for a supervisor — and the dead unit disappears into a drawer.
The Workflow: The worker badges in at the nearest tower, the system issues a charged spare and directs the faulty unit into the vacant compartment — where it is locked out and flagged for technical recovery.
The Impact: Picking downtime shrinks from a walk-and-wait to a two-minute swap. Faulty units are captured, quarantined and repaired.
W3
Point-of-Use PPE & Consumables Control
The Challenge: Gloves, blades, abrasives and adhesives are drawn from open stores with no limits and no record. Consumption runs 20–40% above genuine need.
The Workflow: Workers collect PPE and consumables from access-verified compartments near their workstation. The system enforces per-person and per-shift limits and verifies the correct compartment was accessed.
The Impact: Consumption drops to genuine need, every issue is traceable for safety audits, and stores staff stop playing shopkeeper.
W4
Calibrated & High-Value Tool Control
The Challenge: Torque wrenches, gauges and precision instruments are signed out in a paper register. Calibration deadlines slip, tools go missing for days.
The Workflow: Each tool lives in a sensed slot. Issue and return are tied to the worker's badge; the platform tracks who holds each tool in real time, flags overdue returns, and automatically locks out any tool that reaches its calibration due-date.
The Impact: Complete tool accountability without a register, calibration compliance enforced by the cabinet itself.
W5
Live Inventory & Automatic Replenishment
The Challenge: Stores inventory is counted by hand, disagrees with the ERP, and runs out of critical items while overstocking others.
The Workflow: Sensed cabinet positions report stock levels continuously to the cloud dashboard. Minimum thresholds trigger automatic alerts — or purchase requests straight to your supplier.
The Impact: Stockouts of critical items end, working capital tied up in over-stock shrinks, and the annual stocktake becomes a report you print.
W6
Multi-Site Visibility & Audit Trail
The Challenge: Plant managers can't see stores usage across sites, and auditors ask questions the paper trail can't answer.
The Workflow: Every transaction at every unit — who, what, which compartment, when — flows to one cloud dashboard. Usage is comparable across lines, shifts and sites; every record is exportable on demand.
The Impact: Procurement negotiates from real consumption data, anomalies surface in days instead of year-end, and audits are satisfied from a dashboard.
For Distributors
Your vendor-managed inventory programme, powered by Rife
Industrial distributors: offer your customers a Fastenal-style managed inventory programme under your own brand. Rife supplies the cabinets, bins, sensing and cloud platform; you supply the products and the relationship. Your customers get point-of-use availability; you get consumption data, automatic replenishment orders, and a customer who never leaves.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Rife units use a combination of IR presence sensing, weight sensing, stack/level sensing, and per-slot sensing — allowing you to choose the accuracy level that matches the value of each item.
Yes, the Rife cloud platform integrates with most major ERP systems via API, enabling automatic inventory updates and purchase order generation.
Our units support badge/RFID card, PIN code, and biometric authentication options depending on your security requirements.
Yes, one cabinet can carry several tiers at once — exact counting on the shelf that matters, economical sensing everywhere else.
The platform tracks usage by shift, worker, and cost centre, providing full visibility across all shifts and locations.
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